SAN DIEGO (Saturday, May 2, 2026) – San Diego FC (SDFC) played to a 2-2 draw against Western Conference rival LAFC at Snapdragon Stadium. Forward Marcus Ingvartsen scored in each half, opening the scoring in the 7th minute with a header to the bottom left corner off an assist from Anders Dreyer, giving SDFC a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.
In the second half, Ingvartsen doubled the lead in the 71st minute with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the lower left corner, assisted by Dreyer and Oscar Verhoeven. LAFC responded 11 minutes later (82’), cutting the deficit in half with a goal from forward Denis Bouanga, who finished a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner past SDFC goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos.
After nine minutes of stoppage time were added, Dos Santos was forced to exit in the 98th minute following a collision inside the box with LAFC forward Denis Bouanga, with Duran Ferree coming on in relief. LAFC continued to press and found the equalizer late, as defender Ryan Hollingshead scored from inside the six-yard box off a headed pass from Mathieu Choinière to make it 2-2.
Up next, SDFC travels to face the Seattle Sounders on Saturday, May 9 at Lumen Field, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. PT in another Western Conference matchup.
Goal Scoring Plays:
SD– 1-0 – Marcus Ingvartsen (Anders Dreyer), 7th minute: SDFC got on the scoresheet first from a corner kick inside the first ten minutes. Anders Dreyer played an outswinging ball to Marcus Ingvartsen at the near post just inside the six-yard box, who headed the ball into the lower left corner of the net.
SD – 2-0 – Marcus Ingvartsen (Anders Dreyer, Oscar Verhoeven), 71st minute: Oscar Verhoeven played in Anders Dreyer who dribbles at the LAFC defender into the box, finds Ingvartsen in the center who touches onto his right foot and into the bottom left corner past Lloris.
LAFC – 2-1 – Denis Bouanga (Heung Min Son, Mathieu Choinière), 82nd minute: LAFC got on the board in the 82nd minute when Denis Bouanga received a through ball in the box from substitute Heung Min Son and finished with his left foot into the bottom right corner, beating CJ Dos Santos.
LAFC – 2-2 – Ryan Holingshead (Mathieu Choinière), 90 +14th minute: LAFC drew level on the night when Hollingshead sent in a left-footed shot from inside the six-yard box after taking a loose ball off a deflection on a play that began on a corner kick from substitute forward David Martinez.
Postgame Notes:
· With tonight’s 2-2 draw against LAFC, SDFC earned MLS Regular Season points for the first time since March 22, in a 2-2 tie against Real Salt Lake.
· SDFC now has a 3-5-3 2026 MLS Regular Season record with 12 points.
· SDFC is 19-12-7 all-time against Western Conference teams in MLS Regular Season play.
· SDFC now holds a 22-14-9 all-time MLS Regular Season record.
· SDFC is now 2-1 all-time against LAFC in the regular season.
· SDFC is 2-2-2 at home in the 2026 MLS Regular Season.
· SDFC completed 605 passes compared to LAFC’s 476 tonight.
· SDFC out possessed LAFC 52-percent to 48-percent tonight.
· SDFC is now 5-7-3 across all competitions in 2026 (MLS Regular Season 3-5-3, Concacaf Champions Cup 2-2).
· SDFC has gone without a win in its last nine matches across all competitions. Its last win came against Deportivo Toluca F.C. (March 11) in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
· Forward Marcus Ingvartsen scored his seventh and eighth goals of the MLS season tonight in the seventh and 71st minute of play. He now has 10 goals for the Club across all competitions.
· Ingvartsen’s goals are goals number 104 and 105 in Club history.
· Winger Anders Dreyer provided assists in each of Ingvartsen’s goals tonight. He now has 11 goal contributions (5 goals, 6 assists). Dreyer also has six goals this year across all competitions, including a goal in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
· Dreyer now has 58 goal contributions for the Club (29 goals, 29 assists).
· Winger David Vazquez made his fifth start this season, making his 21st career appearance with SDFC across all competitions.
· Onni Valakari and Dreyer are the only players to play in all 45 of SDFC’s Regular Season and five post-season matches for a total of 50 MLS career appearances each.
· Goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos returned to the Starting XI tonight. It was Dos Santos’ first MLS Regular Season action of the season. Dos Santos last played Nov. 1, 2025 against Portland Timbers in the 2025 MLS Playoffs Round One Game 2 of a Western Conference series.
· Dos Santos left late in the match with an injury. Duran Ferree replaced Dos Santos eight minutes into stoppage time (90’+8’)
· Defender Wilson Eisner made his fourth appearance this season when he came on as a substitute for Ingvartsen in the 89thminute.
· Forward Amahl Pellegrino was back to action in the Starting XI after serving a red card suspension last week against Houston Dynamo.
Match Information
2026 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC vs. Los Angeles FC
Saturday, May 2, 2026 – Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
Scoring Summary:
SD (1-0) – Marcus Ingvartsen (Assisted by Anders Dreyer, 7’)
SD (2-0) — Marcus Ingvartsen, (Assisted by Anders Dreyer, Oscar Verhoeven, 71’)
LAFC (2-1) — Denis Bouanga, 82’
LAFC (2-2) — Ryan Hollingshead, 90 +14’
Misconduct Summary:
SD – David Vazquez (caution, 15’)
LAFC – Kenneth Nielsen (caution, 59’)
SD – Ian Pilcher (caution, 73’)
SD – Aníbal Godoy (caution, 78’)
LAFC – Denis Bouanga (caution, 90’)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC: GK CJ Dos Santos (GK Duran Ferree, 90 +8’); D Luca Bombino (D Ian Pilcher, 67’), D Manu Duah, D Christopher McVey, D Oscar Verhoeven; M Onni Valakari, M David Vazquez (M Alejandro Alvarado Jr., 83’), M Aníbal Godoy –C–; F Amahl Pellegrino (F Lewis Morgan, 67’), F Marcus Ingvartsen (D Wilson Eisner, 89’), F Anders Dreyer
Substitutes Not Used: M Bryce Duke, M Pedro Soma, F Alex Mighten, F Bryan Zamblé
TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 3
LOS ANGELES FC: GK Hugo Lloris –C–; D Eddie Segura, D Kenneth Nielsen (D Artem Smoliakov, 90 +9’), D Nkosi Tafari; M Ryan Hollingshead, M Jude Terry (M Mark Delgado, 45’), M Stephen Eustaquio (M Mathieu Choiniere, 79’), M Ryan Raposo (F Heung Min Son, 60’); F Denis Bouanga, F Jeremy Ebobisse (F Tyler Boyd, 72’), F Nathan Ordaz (F David Martinez, 45’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Thomas Hasal, D Sergi Palencia, D Ryan Porteous
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 18; OFFSIDES 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 0
Referee: Filip Dujic
Assistant Referees: Felisha Mariscal, Walt Heatherly
Fourth Official: Ekaterina (Katja) Koroleva
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard
AVAR: Robert Schaap
Weather: 67-degrees, Partly Cloudy
Attendance: 28,459
